Dear Juneteenth

I wish for compassion.
Love beyond acceptance,
I wish for emptiness 
to be filled with gladness.

I wish for hate,
the stranglehold of bigotry,
to be banished.

I wish for more remembering,
the courage to tell 
the stories of the lost, 
the histories my ancestors vanished. 

I wish for the disenfranchised,
buried in worry,
debt, 
or clouded in anger
and madness, 
to find safe passage.

But mostly, 
I hope the future gets here soon.

Well-wishes from June.

_{“I am lost. Maybe I have always been. I believe that I can forgive. But can I forget? Never.” Amythyst Kiah}

18 responses to “Dear Juneteenth”

Michele Lee

I wish that your heartfelt wishes come true. ✨

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1. K. Hartless
  
  Thank you, friend. 💜
  
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  1. Michele Lee
    
    A warm welcome to you, friend. 🌞
    
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lifelessons

I loved both the song and her voice….

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1. K. Hartless
  
  I’m so glad, Judy. Thank you for visiting my site.
  
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Tom

Such inspiring words! 🙂 Hope there’s a brighter future ahead ❤

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1. K. Hartless
  
  Yes. Let’s make it so. 💜
  
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beth

❤ love her song

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1. K. Hartless
  
  I really would like to see her sometime. I enjoy her songwriting, very much. I”m glad you like it, too. 💜
  
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yourplateormine967244485

This is beautiful and I wish the same for us all! 🙏✨💞

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yourplateormine967244485

I will share some of the stories yet told and the ones that are trying to be buried with my students this week and next during our summer classes. 😇🙏

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1. K. Hartless
  
  That would be so wonderful. A bit behind on the blogging here. I think having the kiddos adjust to summer has us all running around in circles. I look forward to reading these stories. 💜
  
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  1. yourplateormine967244485
    
    ✨😊💝
    
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Colleen M. Chesebro

I love this so much! It’s full of hope at a future that I hope I get to see!

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1. K. Hartless
  
  Me, too, dear friend. Let’s never give up on the vision of what things can be. 💜
  
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Cindy Georgakas

I wish for this as well k!~ beautifully shared!

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Susi Bocks

As do I!

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1. K.F. Hartless
  
  😀
  
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